Diane Rosenstein Gallery

In Vanessa Prager’s “Static” at Diane Rosenstein in Hollywood, paint is applied in gloopy and textural layers that create shag rug-type surfaces. This creates a staticky effect on each work—figures or still lifes are obscured beneath layers of thick oils, making them appear stuck like ambered fossils. “This idea of ‘static’ really seemed right because we’re all suspended in animation this year,” Prager told Los Angeles Magazine. In “Wite-Out,” a depth of field is palpable, yet the scene is unrecognizable,…

In Hollywood, Dani Tull’s new exhibition of paintings mine the personal and the cosmic. In each work, thin lines of color grouped together in bands, which the artist calls “streams,” flow across the canvas in delicate arcs before trailing off in little tendrils. Within each band, the color shifts from earthy browns to hot pinks—some progressing in gentle gradients, while others feel more dissonant and sudden.  Splashy washes or gentle atmospherics serve as backgrounds in which Tull’s streams nest and…